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B. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

The Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 

1996 requires the FAA to comply with 

small entity requests for information or 

advice about compliance with statutes 

and regulations within its jurisdiction. 

A small entity with questions regarding 

this document may contact its local 

FAA official or the person listed under 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

heading at the beginning of the 

preamble. To find out more about 

SBREFA on the internet, visit 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ 

rulemaking/sbre_act/. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 129 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Air carriers, Aircraft, 

Aviation safety, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Security 

measures, Smoking. 

The Amendments 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Aviation 

Administration amends 14 CFR part 129 

as follows: 

PART 129—OPERATIONS: FOREIGN 

AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN 

OPERATORS OF U.S.-REGISTERED 

AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON 

CARRIAGE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 129 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 

44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709–44711, 

44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 44901–44904, 

44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107–71 sec. 

104. 

■ 2. Amend § 129.1 by: 

■ a. Redesignating paragraph (c)(2) as 

paragraph (c)(4); and 

■ b. Adding a new paragraph (c)(2) and 

paragraph (c)(3). 

The additions read as follows: 

§ 129.1 Applicability and definitions. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(2) Regional Safety Oversight 

Organization means an association or 

organization that comprises a group of 

member States, which— 

(i) Has provided notification to the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization of the scope of tasks and 

functions delegated or transferred to the 

Regional Safety Oversight Organization, 

including but not limited to: sharing 

common or harmonized aviation 

regulations, licensing, certification, 

authorization, approval, and 

surveillance of civil aviation activities, 

and any legal authority delegated or 

transferred by a member State to the 

Regional Safety Oversight Organization; 

and 

(ii) Has stipulated the specific tasks, 

functions, delegations, and transfers by 

member States discussed in paragraph 

(c)(2)(i) of this section, and any other 

collective understandings of member 

States in Regional Safety Oversight 

Organization formation documentation, 

such as an agreement, treaty, or informal 

record, that is available for review by 

the Administrator. 

(3) State of the Operator means the 

State in which the operator’s principal 

place of business is located or, if there 

is no such place of business, the 

operator’s permanent residence. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 129.7 by revising 

paragraphs (c)(5) and (d) to read as 

follows: 

§ 129.7 Application, issuance, or denial of 

operations specifications. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(5) Holds a valid air operator 

certificate, if acceptable to the 

Administrator, issued by: 

(i) The State of the Operator; or 

(ii) A Regional Safety Oversight 

Organization (RSOO) if the State of the 

Operator is a member State of that 

RSOO. 

(d) An application may be denied if 

the Administrator finds that the 

applicant does not meet one or more of 

the criteria listed in paragraph (c) of this 

section. 

■ 4. Amend § 129.9 by revising 

paragraphs (a)(3) and (b)(3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 129.9 Contents of operations 

specifications. 

(a) * * * 

(3) The certificate number and 

validity of the foreign air carrier’s air 

operator certificate; 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) In the case of a foreign air carrier, 

the certificate number and validity of 

the foreign air carrier’s air operator 

certificate; 

* * * * * 

Issued under authority provided by 49 

U.S.C. 106(f) and 44701(a) in Washington, 

DC. 

Michael Gordon Whitaker, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. FR–6464–C–03] 

RIN 2501–AE11 

Adoption of 2020 Core Based 

Statistical Area Standards; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD) is 

correcting a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Adoption of 2020 Core Based 

Statistical Area Standards’’ that 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 6, 2024. 

DATES: Effective January 6, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

With respect to this technical 

correction, contact Allison Lack, 

Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulations, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Room 10238, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone number 202–708–1793 (this 

is not a toll-free number). HUD 

welcomes and is prepared to receive 

calls from individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing, as well as individuals 

with speech or communication 

disabilities. To learn more about how to 

make an accessible telephone call, 

please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ 

consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 6, 2024 (89 FR 96898), HUD 

published a final rule that adopts the 

2020 Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) 

standards as determined by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s July 16, 2021, 

Federal Register notice for all HUD uses 

of CBSAs. The rule amended 24 CFR 

part 5 by adding a new subpart M. In 

reviewing the December 6, 2024, final 

rule, HUD identified an inadvertent 

error in § 5.3001. Specifically, HUD 

incorrectly designated two paragraphs 

as paragraph (e) and two paragraphs as 

paragraph (f). This document corrects 

these errors. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2024–28450, published 

December 6, 2024, at 89 FR 96898, the 

following corrections are made: 

§ 5.3001 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 96901, in the first column, 

the second paragraph (e) is redesignated 

as paragraph (g), the second paragraph 

(f) is redesignated as paragraph (h), and 


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paragraphs (g) and (h) are redesignated 

as paragraph (i) and (j), respectively. 

Aaron Santa Anna, 

Associate General Counsel, Office of 

Legislation and Regulations. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[TD 10012] 

RIN 1545–BR09 

Election To Exclude Certain 

Unincorporated Organizations Owned 

by Applicable Entities From 

Application of the Rules on Partners 

and Partnerships; Correction 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Final regulations; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

correction to TD 10012, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024. TD 

10012 contains final regulations that 

modify existing regulations to allow 

certain unincorporated organizations 

that are owned in whole or in part by 

applicable entities to be excluded from 

the application of partnership tax rules. 

DATES: This correction is effective on 

January 19, 2025. For the date of 

applicability, see § 1.761–2(f). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Concerning the final regulations, contact 

Cameron Williamson at (202) 317–6684 

(not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The final regulations (TD 10012) that 

are the subject of this correction are 

under sections 761(a), 6031(a), 6417(d) 

and (h), and 7805(a) of the Internal 

Revenue Code. 

Correction of Publication 

Accordingly, FR Doc. 2024–26944 (TD 

10012), appearing on page 91552 in the 

Federal Register on Wednesday, 

November 20, 2024, is corrected as 

follows: 

§ 1.761–2 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 91562, in the first column, 

in paragraph (a)(5)(ii), in the third line 

down from the top of the paragraph, the 

language ‘‘§ 1.6417–1(c)’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘§ 1.6417–1(k)’’. 

Kalle L. Wardlow, 

Federal Register Liaison, Publications & 

Regulations Section, Associate Chief Counsel, 

(Procedure and Administration). 

[FR Doc. 2024–29654 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Bureau of Prisons 

28 CFR Part 543 

[BOP–1180–F] 

RIN 1120–AB80 

Federal Tort Claims Act—Technical 

Changes 

AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Justice. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Bureau 

of Prisons (Bureau) finalizes minor 

revisions to our regulations regarding 

the Federal Tort Claims Act that clarify 

requirements for presenting claims and 

correct obsolete and/or incorrect 

references to Bureau offices. 

DATES: This rule is effective December 

17, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel J. Crooks III, Assistant General 

Counsel/Rules Administrator, Federal 

Bureau of Prisons at (202) 353–4885. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

This rule outlines how an individual 

(inmate, staff member, or civilian) 

presents an administrative claim under 

the Federal Tort Claims Act to the 

Bureau of Prisons and explains the 

Bureau’s procedures for processing such 

claims. After consideration of the one 

public comment, the Bureau finalizes 

the provisions of the interim rule and 

correcting amendment, while making 

minor edits to section 543.32(h). 

A. Procedural History 

On November 7, 2023, the Bureau 

published an interim final rule at 88 FR 

76656 making minor revisions to 

regulations in 28 CFR part 543, subpart 

C—Federal Tort Claims Act, to clarify 

requirements for presenting claims and 

correct obsolete and/or correcting 

incorrect references to Bureau offices. 

On December 20, 2023, the Bureau 

published a correcting amendment at 88 

FR 87903 to correct inadvertent errors 

and omissions in the interim rule. The 

correction was required for two reasons. 

First, we neglected to revise the 

headings of three paragraphs in § 543.31 

to conform with the statement-like form 

of other paragraph headings we 

amended in the interim rule. Thus, the 

correction changed the headings of 

paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) in § 543.31 so 

that they are declarative rather than 

interrogative. Second, the third 

instruction in the interim rule omitted 

paragraphs (g) and (h) in § 543.32, so the 

regulatory text was not updated. 

Accordingly, the correction revised the 

instructions to include those missing 

paragraphs, thereby appropriately 

updating the Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

Before, the comment period for the 

rule closed on January 8, 2024, we 

received one comment. 

B. Discussion of Single Comment 

Received 

Comment: The commenter writes 

primarily about one of his own tort 

claims and argues in support of 

settlement of his claim. However, he 

makes two observations about the rule. 

First, he notes that the six-month 

investigatory period ‘‘might be a long 

time to let some problems fester.’’ 

Second, he suggests we add the 

following language in § 543.32: ‘‘The 

Associate General Counsel shall attempt 

to optimize any long-term benefits to 

prison operations and the public 

interest in reaching a settlement.’’ 

Response: No response is required as 

to individualized disagreements with 

the general FTCA claim system, which 

are outside the scope of this rulemaking 

action, nor will the Bureau address the 

merits of any particular FTCA claim in 

this context. 

The Bureau needs six months to fully 

investigate claims and to make informed 

decisions on whether to deny the claim 

or pursue settlement. This six-month 

period is provided by statute, 28 U.S.C. 

2675(a), and applies to all FTCA 

administrative claims presented to the 

required appropriate federal agency, no 

matter the agency involved. We decline 

to amend the rule based on this first 

suggestion. 

Regarding the second suggestion, we 

note that Bureau legal staff already 

consider many factors in the settlement 

of administrative FTCA claims, 

including factors not specifically 

included in the regulations. For 

example, in evaluating each claim 

individually for settlement, the Bureau 

considers all information provided by 

the claimant, the investigation, relevant 

records, and applicable policy and legal 

authority. We also decline to amend the 

rule based on this second suggestion. 


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